Practice review: medication reconciliation in the ambulatory setting.

Steven E Marshall

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Practice review: medication reconciliation in the ambulatory setting.

January 31, 2024

Marshall SE. Nurs Manage. 2023;54(11):30-35.

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Medication reconciliation is a valuable step towards avoiding drug treatment inconsistencies across transitions in care. This article shares implementation insights gleaned from a brown-bag initiative that anchored a multidisciplinary approach to medication verification and reconciliation in the community setting.

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